U.A.E AstroLabs and Google officially open their coworking space AstroLabs audience during the launch. (Images via AstroLabs) Just over a year since AstroLabs first announced they would be... Pamela Kesrouani • 28 October, 2015 DMCC Astrolabs Academy Astrolabs
Maghreb NUMA to bring French expertise to Morocco's startups Jordan has Oasis500, Egypt has Flat6Labs, now Morocco has NUMA. The famous French innovation hub announced today that they are going to... Aline Mayard • 27 October, 2015 NUMA Eiréné4Impact morocco
Saudi Arabia MaterialSolved helps scientists visualize complex data [Video] MaterialSolved is a startup that provides visualization software and graphical representations of big data allowing scientists to... Maya Rahal • 27 October, 2015 MaterialSolved big data KAUST
Turkey Webrazzi Summit 2015, a springboard for Turkish techheads Winners of the Webrazzi Summit 2015. (Image via Webrazzi) As several hundred innovative minds gathered over two days to share ideas and... Ronan Farrell • 27 October, 2015 500 startups turkey Webrazzi
Maghreb Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs Future Moroccan entrepreneurs learning about social entrepreneurship at Impact Camp. (Images via Sara Kaddaoui) This fall, school is back... Sara Kadaoui • 26 October, 2015 impact entrepreneurship Eiréné4Impact morocco
Egypt Egypt's Otlob sold for a bargain to Rocket Internet Egyptian food-ordering website Otlob has been snapped up by Rocket Internet, but at an almost firesale price. The acquisition by... Rachel Williamson • 26 October, 2015 online food ordering otlob Rocket Internet
Regional What I know about angel investing: Ed Roberto Ed Roberto at the Great Wall of China. (Image via Techstars) With more than 30 years of experience as a startup founder, cofounder, angel... Lucy Knight • 26 October, 2015 Ed Roberto What I Know techstars
U.A.E Dubai signs data sharing law Dubai’s goal of becoming the smart city of the Middle East got a little closer this week when they announced the signing of a Dubai... Lucy Knight • 25 October, 2015 Dubai Smart City Taskforce data sharing ali rebaie
Regional MENA's IoT expansion [Infographic] People today create a data trace with almost everything they do - trawling Facebook, booking an Uber, walking with a FitBit. The Middle... Rachel Williamson • 25 October, 2015 Internet of Things IoT MENA
Kuwait Mentorship and community building show big potential for entrepreneurs at Mix N’ Mentor Nuwait If there’s just one word to describe Mix N’ Mentor - Nuwait Edition, it would be “hunger.” Hunger for mentorship,... Reine Farhat • 25 October, 2015 Nuwait Kuwait National Fund kuwait
Regional TechWadi Roadshow connects MENA startups to Silicon Valley experts Google's Sharif El-Badawi addresses the crowd at ZINC during TechWadi's stop in Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Despite the near... Samuel Wendel • 25 October, 2015 SiliconWadi ZINC silicon badia
Turkey 500 Startups launches $15M Turkey fund VC cash is shining on Istanbul's startups. (Image via Mybeautifuladventures.com) 500 Startups has launched a $15 million investment fund... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 22 October, 2015 erhan erdogan Webrazzi Summit yemeksepeti
Lebanon How Lebanon and its diaspora can mutually benefit in the startup ecosystem [Opinion] Editor's note: this is the first of two articles on diaspora engagement. Connecting a diaspora and its home country can’t be a one-way r... Irene Kapusta • 22 October, 2015 Startup Megaphone Elie Nasr Foo
Kuwait Nuwait launches to celebrate entrepreneurs' success stories in Kuwait This article was originally published on Nuwait. One of the core issues Kuwait is facing at the moment is the need to find more private ... Nuwait • 21 October, 2015 Nuwait Kuwait National Fund Support
Regional London calling A Lebanese, a Briton, a Dutchman and an Italian walk into a London investment firm. They bond over hip hop. One year later they launch a... Lucy Knight • 21 October, 2015 Braci Hoxton Ventures Slidr
U.A.E May the funds be with you Tom Cruise famously scaling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. (Image via Paramount Pictures) It is nearly four years since the release of... Rachel McArthur • 21 October, 2015 AlKatraz Production Abu Dhabi Film Commission SANAD
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